Marieke McKenna
Essays, handwritten pages & spoken word

Writing

Essays on dreaming, inner space, imagination and the history of ideas, some of them written entirely by hand. New writing appears first on Substack.

Seen from above: Marieke McKenna at a table covered in handwritten pages and an open book, pen in hand, a cup of coffee beside her
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Written by handink & calligraphy on paper

For Combo Magazine in Paris I write my essays entirely by hand, in ink and calligraphy, and the pages are printed as they are. More about Combo

The Phenomenology of Inner Space, Combo Magazine IV, 2026
A handwritten page on phenomenology and Merleau-Ponty, with watercolour washes and a medieval illumination of a figure in a green maze
The Phenomenology of Inner Space, Combo Magazine IV, 2026. Ink and watercolour.
A magazine spread of dense handwriting around the calligraphic title A Guide to Lucid Dreaming
A Guide to Lucid Dreaming, Combo Magazine III, 2024. Ink and calligraphy.

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